Courts

Prosecutors alleged that subsidiaries provided discounts of up to 50% or more on patient cost-sharing obligations for certain categories of Medicare beneficiaries from 2016 to 2022.

The “financial impact statement” would be presented to voters with a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to ensure abortion rights.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard rejected arguments by the state that the case should not proceed as a class action and denied a state request for a continuance of a trial set to start May 13.

The district is taking students and parents to truancy court to find the most hard-to-reach families in the midst of a national absenteeism crisis.

Menthols are disproportionately used by Black smokers and young people. Supporters of the plan have tried to assure the White House that a ban will not hurt the president's reelection chances.

The court issued an order scheduling the arguments for June 5 in the case, which is one of a series of similar class-action lawsuits filed against colleges in the state.

The request comes after a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by a minor seeking a waiver from a parental notification and consent requirement in state law.

The family of Dexter Barry lists the Jacksonville sheriff as the defendant in a case that spotlighted care provided by the jail's former health care provider, which has since filed to sell its assets and debts.

The decision does not end the case, as the revised lawsuit with additional plaintiffs will continue. But it will push back consideration of an injunction and class certification.

The fight has resurfaced long-brewing ruptures, especially in Republican-leaning or closely divided states, where some activists worry that failing to include such limits will sink chances of passing abortion protections.

The appeals panel said the case lacked a necessary “justiciable controversy” because it did not have an “adverse party.” Such an adverse party could have been a parent or guardian of the minor.

The signature totals posted Friday on the Division of Elections website showed that the largest number of valid signatures, 54,277, had been collected in Congressional District 14 in Hillsborough and Pinellas.